Sybil
The woman sits Her third eye gone blind Once one with sight Is cursed and damned She foretold a world Without boundaries Filled with hate and despair Where man turned against His brother and sister A fate wound tight With deception and fear So they gouged out her eyes And sealed her fate Out of fear disguised As anger and hate But she could hear Through their petty lies They were scared Of this world foretold And decided instead To kill the messenger Two birds with one stone She could see everything But nothing at all She didn’t even see Her own decided fate Sealed by a hand that quaked She could hear the dead talking And the living moan But the simple prophet Just wished to be left alone To abandon her burden And simply go home She wanted nothing But received the world Balanced delicately Atop her head One step One mistake Could mean a great fall Under the weight She faltered And spilled out her words Meant only for gods Not the poor common soul So she was punished Forever to be the damned prophet Of a forgotten age But an unforgettable name The seer with no sight Just a girl A child Given the gift of night Filled with shadows and deceit That waited ever patiently For just the right time She is now a woman With a regret And a third eye gone blind






